<VV> Suffering and lack of preplanning

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

It's way past time for the residents of Florida to pressure the super markets
ESPECIALLY PUBLIX to have their own EMERGENCY GENERATORS
to relieve much of the pain and suffering of the communities they serve
and from which they make money year round. They would be much better
thought of by providing relief instead of throwing foods in a dump when babies
have no milk.

Chuck Armer
former Florida resident and
survivor of 1940's Florida west coast hurricane




At 08:44 AM 9/12/04 -0400, you wrote:
>Hope this isn't the calm before another storm (Ivan), but thought some might
>be interested.
>Since the storm was predicted to hit us head on in this area I evacuated,
>along with all of my family to south Georgia (Valdosta), on Thursday before
>the storm, and returned on Tuesday after the storm. (Took 12 hours to go 250
>miles).  My home received minimal damage, and I feel so blessed since there
>are so many in this area that were totally wiped out.  I have not had
>electricity for over a week, since the fuse on my transformer tripped and
>since it only affects two houses we are understandably on the bottom of the
>priority list to have power restored.  My neighbor does have power so I am
>able to survive with a few extensions cords run between our houses.  I have my
>freezer unplugged temporally to be able to run the computer for awhile.  Since
>I live approximately 15 miles from the coast, I did not receive nearly the
>destruction that so many did, especially along the coast.  What was the
>saddest of all was that due to so much damage to all of the electrical grids,
>all of the super markets also lost power, and lost all perishable foods.  They
>have had to haul tons and tons of food to the dump.  Although shipments are
>coming in daily, and things are improving what to me was the saddest part was
>the inability of so many to buy even milk for the babies and children.  Gas is
>still in short supply also, with almost all of the stations closed and long
>lines to get gas for cars and generators for those lucky enough to have one
>and a home  to use it.
>Literally thousands of power trucks and tree people have descended on the
>state to help, and for that we are thankful.  The Red Cross and other support
>organizations are doing the best they can to feed the multitudes, and supply
>them with water and ice.  It's tough, but we will survive.  Makes one really
>thankful for the abundance that we have in normal times, and reminds us what
>it must be like to live in some third world counties that live with
>practically nothing on a daily basis.  Please pray for those that were hit so
>hard, and still have a long way to go.
>
>Cecil Mills
>Cocoa, Fl.
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